Assistant Psychologist

Job overview

We are seeking an ambitious Assistant Psychologist (AP) to join our central and east LD-CAMHs team, who is aspiring to gain knowledge and support children, young people and families accessing our service. Our LD-CAMHs team work with CYP&F who have a severe or profound learning disability. You would be joining a supportive, mixed and skilled team and working under the supervision of a Consultant Clinical Psychologist.

This is an exciting post where you would gain experience in assessment, formulation and interventions (both group and individual / systemic) and in particular with adapted approaches and systemic thinking. We have a team highly skilled in positive behavioural support and ample opportunity for gaining good experience in this field. There would also be supporting the teams service development and research/audit experience.

There would be opportunity to access group supervision with another AP in LD-CAMHs west and our allied teams (for example our Intensive Support Function) so that you gain exposure to post differences and interventions. You would be supported to ensure your CPD time and be active within our trust-wide AP development group. We regularly have trainee clinical psychologists within the team which can be beneficial and inspiring to work together.

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The role would include the AP supporting the Consultant Psychologist in providing psychological interventions, working jointly within our team on CBT-adapted interventions, undertaking behavioural assessments (structured and non-structured), formulation and intervention; working on an audit of the pathway work, using critical research skills; supporting writing of reports, producing adapted resources and communicating with various professionals within the multi-agencies who support our CYP&F.

If you are looking for a new challenge, enjoy variety in your work and wish to be part of a team striving to make a difference then we want to hear from you.

To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high calibre candidates that share our vision & trusts 6 C’s values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disable people & members of our BAME & LGBTQ+ communities.

Working for our organisation

CWP provides health and care services for local people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care – including the provision of three GP surgeries.

Our aim is to help people to be the best they can be, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We were recently rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission with a Good rating overall.

We offer a variety of roles at all levels, so whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your skills and experience in a new role, CWP is the right employer for you. 

CWP are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone.  We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences. 

To support this, we offer up to three weeks induction, dependent on role, with our Prepare to Care programme for all new starters. This aims to give you all the knowledge and guidance to help you grow and flourish with CWP.

We welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.